影片是08年《死亡飞车》的前传。 后工业时代,各种大型私人城市监狱被建造起来,其中最臭名远扬的就是“绝命岛”监狱。有“条子杀手”称号的卡尔(鲁克·高斯 Luke Goss 饰)被押往这里,接受无期徒刑。一心要在电视领域闯出天下的女典狱长琼斯(劳伦·科汉 Lauren Cohan 饰)掌权时期。政府将监狱的运行权交给了蔚蓝公司。在蔚蓝眼中牢房在新时代的商业运作体系下一样是有利可图的。这帮囚犯对于他们来说正是绝好的真人玩命体育比赛的选手,将他们你打我杀的画面转播出去一定大受欢迎。而蔚蓝公司精心设计的比赛项目就是“死亡飞车”。卡尔成了一名赛车手,为了自由不惜与众多监狱人员搏命,为自由而奋战着,却不知自己正走上一条传奇之路。。该剧是一部以都市情感为题材的现代戏。和以往感情戏不同的是,故事以三个法官和二个律师的情感为主线,贯穿她们办理的几个奇异离婚案件,是可看性极强的关于家庭婚姻的经典作品。。Umberto Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies, but unfortunately| Syndicate Sadists is not the best examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks tend to be a cut above the rest because he makes films based on stories with a point, and they don't lack direction| but this film feels a bit too wayward to fully fit with the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's landmark western 'A Fistful of Dollars' (which in turn, took influence from Akira Kurosawa's landmark samurai flick Yojimbo), in that it features two warring families and a strong character at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a character called 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families after his brother is killed because of it. Rambo uses his brains and brawn to pit the two families against one another, in the hope of gaining revenge for his brother's death, rescuing a young boy that they've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides destroy one another.
The film's biggest asset is undoubtedly Tomas Milian. Milian was put to great use by Lenzi in almost all of his crime thrillers. The range of characters he has played for Lenzi is immense, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The character is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mind the popular Sylvester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians actually haven't stolen this name as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we get to watch Milian get himself involved in the usual array of car chases, shootouts and brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a motorbike this time round, and every scene featuring it and Milian is a real standout! However, the film often feels like it doesn't really have anywhere to go, and this means that the running time is stretched out more than it should be. Compared to the crime films of other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is more than above average| but in relation to Lenzi crime flicks such as Almost Human and The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand tall as one of Lenzi's best. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndicate Sadists will suffice!。